Trump Planned for Big Oil’s Global Dominance. Then He Went to War With Iran

Since the war on Iran started, the Trump administration has had in-person meetings with executives from Exxon and Chevron to discuss ways to lower oil prices and ramp up supply, according to a White House official. Though the administration has moved forward with some of those options, including plans to release oil from US strategic reserves and temporarily waiving a century-old shipping mandate to lower transportation costs, others are not on the horizon.His administration’s efforts have helped companies ...